Details for Old Spanish Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5347009355
Data
| Marker Number | 9355 |
| Atlas Number | 5347009355 |
| Marker Title | Old Spanish Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Spanish Cemetery |
| Address | |
| City | Nacogdoches |
| County | Nacogdoches |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 342909 |
| UTM Northing | 3497602 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery; pioneers |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Courthouse lawn - corner of Main (SH 21) and North |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text | This courthouse stands in the Old Spanish Cemetery used from 1800 to 1895. Notable among those whose remains rest here is Antonio Gil y Barbo, 1729-1809. Founder of Nacogdoches. An outstanding figure in the life of this frontier town at the close of the 18th century, who was captain of militia, military and civil lieutenant, governor, and judge of revenue for the town and district of Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Nacogdoches. In 1783, he published the town's first criminal code. |